The carnival 2009 is scheduled to take place in Halong City, Quang Ninh Province from April 25 to May 2, featuring floating stages and impressive fireworks displays.
The 2009 Vietnam Sea Festival will be held in Paris, France on April 28-29 to promote advertising programmes and attract foreign visitors to tourist sites in Vietnam.
Vice-Chairman of the Thua Thien – Hue’s provincial People’s Committee Ngo Hoa presided over a meeting to listen a report by the city of Hue’s People’s Committee about their plans for the upcoming Hue Traditional Handicrafts Festival 2009.
The International Kite Festival 2009 is scheduled to open on the morning of March 27 in Ho Tram Beach Resort & Spa, Xuyen Moc District, Vung Tau City.
A royal music exchange programme between Vietnam and Japan will be held at Okinawa National Theatre of the latter country from February 12-15, 2009.
The Co Loa-Hanoi Ancient Citadel Preservation Centre’s annual cultural festival will be held at the Thang Long citadel site from January 29 to February 9.
The Hue Traditional Craft Village Festival will be held from June 12-14 on the theme of “Hue’s traditional trades: characters and developmentâ€.
Diverse culture, tourism and sports events are taking place across the country to welcome the upcoming lunar New Year Festival (Tet) - the Year of the Buffalo.
The first Coconut Festival opened on January 13 in the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre, promising to bring tourists a taste of various local coconut products.
The Nguyen Hue avenue of HCMC is undergoing a major transformation to become a floral street to welcome the nation’s biggest festival – Tet (Lunar New Year), which will fall in late January this year.
ASEAN tourism ministers at a meeting in Hanoi on Jan. 8, 2009 agreed on the need for further exploration of the regional market and the involvement of the private sector in the industry.
Gia Lai Province is set to host the International Gong Festival 2009 in Pleiku City in the third quarter of this year.